Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v23i0.4361
Fibres and Beyond: The Pedagogic Affects of a Women’s Art Collective
Anita Sinner
orcid.org/0000-0002-6986-8137
; Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts 515 Ste. Catherine St. West, EV 2.705, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elly Yazdnapanah
orcid.org/0000-0003-4373-674X
; Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts 515 Ste. Catherine St. West, EV 2.705, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Abstract
In this case study, we explore how a group of mature fibre artists, known as Fibres
and Beyond (FaB), have made an ongoing contribution to their rural communities
through art practice, both within the circle of group members and among the wider
community. For nearly twenty years, FaB has successfully maintained their artist
collective, generating pedagogic affects in bi-annual exhibits as venues that raise
awareness of creative expression and stimulate reciprocal dialogue with the general
public about ways of making, sharing and producing art. In this way, art events are
arguably a form of knowledge creation that attend to lifelong learning and rural art
education by building upon informal exchanges that demonstrate an ongoing and
vital commitment to nurturing and sustaining local social and cultural engagement.
Keywords
artist collectives; informal learning; pedagogical events; rural art education, social art practice
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272154
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Publication date:
28.12.2021.
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